Sign up today for the Michigan Libertarian Summit

Libertarians from across Michigan will assemble for a three-in-one Michigan Libertarian Summit on Saturday, March 10, 2018. We will be gathering in the beautiful meeting facilities at the Eagle Eye Golf Course, 15500 Chandler Road, Bath, Michigan (near East Lansing). Sign up today at https://michiganlp.org/2018-spring-convention/.

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Valuable Campaign Training

The morning will feature an intensive and valuable series of candidate and campaign workshops, starting at 9 a.m. and lasting until 2 p.m. If you plan to run as a candidate or volunteer for a campaign, don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your campaign skills and network with other activists eager to run for office and assist campaigns. Senator Laura Ebke will assist at the campaign workshops. A professional photographer will take candidate portraits. At lunch you will have the opportunity to hear short stump speeches from a variety of the candidates who participated in the workshops.

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Convention Business Session - Free to LPM Members

The convention business session for elected delegates and alternates will start at 2 p.m. with short speeches from visiting Libertarian Party personalities. Adam Kokesh, candidate for the LP presidential nomination, Joe Hauptmann, candidate for Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, and Elizabeth Van Horn, Michigan’s (Region 3) representative to the LNC plan to attend. Libertarian Party of Michigan officers will report. The convention will elect 36 delegates, plus alternates, to represent the Libertarian Party of Michigan at the Libertarian Party National Convention in New Orleans, July 1-3, 2018. The convention may also pre-endorse candidates for Attorney General, Secretary of State and/or Justice of the Supreme Court to be formally nominated at the fall convention, and may adopt resolutions. A meeting of the LPM’s executive committee will follow the convention.

A cocktail reception will precede the LPM’s annual LibertyFest banquet, which will start at 6 pm and offer a meal buffet and cash bar. At the banquet, we will present Defender of Liberty awards to our:

Spokesperson for Liberty – A member of the community whose patriotism and conviction have inspired contributions to the cause of Liberty.

Promoter of Liberty – A Libertarian whose efforts have done the most to promote the LP and Libertarian principles.

Producer of Liberty – A dedicated, behind-the-scenes Libertarian whose quiet labors over the years exemplifies the backbone of the LP.

If you have any nominations for the Libby Awards please email them to convention@michiganlp.org with the subject "Libby Award Nomination 2018" by our newly-extended Libby Award nomination deadline of February 23 at 5 p.m.

You won’t want to miss our featured speaker Nebraska State Senator Laura Ebke. In June, 2016, she left the Republican Party to become a Libertarian. At the time, she told the Omaha World-Herald “I got frustrated with some of my colleagues who don’t recognize civil liberties and don’t seem to agree with getting government out of people’s business.” Since then, she’s continued as an important member of Nebraska’s unicameral “nonpartisan” legislature, serving as chair of its Judiciary Committee. This will be a great opportunity to hear her experiences as an elected Libertarian State Senator.

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Early Bird Package Pricing ends February 19, and will increase by $5 after that date

Gold Package: SOLD OUT. Includes Campaign Training Materials, Convention Packet, Lunch, and the Banquet, plus a limited edition button, a drink ticket, recognition in the program, priority seating for the speech and buffet, and a reserved seat at the speaker’s table for the first six reservations received.

Silver Package: $80. Includes Campaign Training Materials, Convention Packet, Lunch, and the Banquet, plus a limited edition button and priority seating for the speech and buffet.

Our Deadline for Meal Reservations is February 28, so sign up to today, at https://michiganlp.org/2018-spring-convention/, or mail your registration check to Libertarian Party of Michigan, P.O. Box 3685, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-3685.